Balkan Media Watch

The State Department’s annual human rights report says political and oligarchical pressures, as well as lawsuits, remain a constant threat to media freedom in the region, although the situation in North Macedonia has improved.

Croatian Interior Minister says he is considering changing the police code of conduct amid calls for the police chief’s resignation after two officers visited a newsroom and demanded to see a reporter’s ID.

General Secretary of the European Federation of Journalists has urged Croatia’s PM to take concrete steps to ensure media freedom in the country, after a major journalist protest on Saturday over the volume of lawsuits against them.

The N1 Balkan television network’s Serbian office said it received a letter threatening to kill its staff, while its executive producer blamed government politicians for stirring up antagonism against media.